Lucy Massie Phenix
Production
Known For

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village.
Winter Soldier

In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.
Regret to Inform

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change, with special emphasis on the work the
You Got to Move

Documentary about women's experiences of labour, in factories, mines and dockyards, in the USA during the second World War and how it affected their work and career aspirations once they were encouraged to give up such employment in peacetime.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at the way politics shape environmental policy.
The God Squad and the Case of the Northern Spotted Owl
A lesbian couple’s eight-year relationship is put under strain when Barbara is diagnosed with breast cancer. Barbara is told she has three years to live, and so she and Sandy document their lives with courageand frankness. The two women talk about their identity as Jewish women and lesbians and speak openly about the difficult issues each is facing.
Cancer in Two Voices

Created from the 16mm archive of the groundbreaking "You Got to Move" (a 1985 film about educating activists in the civil rights and labor movements at the legendary Highlander Center), "They Say I'm Your Teacher" focuses on another agent of change, Bernice Robinson. This hairdresser from South Carolina sought to extend voter registration by teaching at Citizenship Education Schools.